Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-10

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be stirred and pulverized. This is the ].
final month, (Angust) to settle the fate
ct the large setting last spring Of fruit
and forest trees. Watering cannot and +
should not be done. Thorough cultiya- /.
ton and mulching, in dry seasons, are
the only salvation. A farmer told us
the other day, that in digging for fence
posts last week through his meadow.
to turn part Of it into pasture, the
ground was as dry as dust for the entire
two and half feet. But when he run
the same fence through part of his
corn field, the soil was quite damp to
within two inches of the surface. This
was the result of cultivating and pulver-
izing the surface of the soil. That is
the way to save crops, plants and trees.
CARE OF NEW SEEDING.
Now that the grain is harvested, the
new seeding, especially clover, should
be left unpastured to give it a better
chance to grow, Years ago farmers
used to reckon on the greater amount
of pasture that the new seeding would
furnish after harvest, but they have
learned that every mouthful of seed
eaten from Spring sown clover seed is
more expensive than it's weight in
grain. In fact there is very little feed
at this time, even in seeding that ap-
pears fairly vigorous. Avery few days
pasture will leave it bare as the road
| way and permanently injure the clover
plants. About a month from now, or
near the first of September some of the
young clover will begin to head.
Then it is good plan to pasture light
ly. l have seen pasture SO forward
that it would apparently seed the first {
year when warm weather continued late,
if not eaten down. In such cases pas
turing becomes necessary, but it should
be delayed until the clover plant has
made what growth it will. The larger
top the clover has, the larger and deep
er are its roots. Thus excessive past ur-
ing prevents it from penetrating the
subsoil and bringing the plant food to
| the surface, which is one of the most
| important functions.
FARM SCRAPS.
Bulletins from experiment stations
are now carried postage free.
Better dig your potatoes as soon as
the vines begin to die.
"Nothing,' said Sir Humphrey Davy,
sis more wanted in agriculture than
experiments in which all the circum-
stances are infinitely and scientifically
| detailed.
A correspondent of the Husbandman
seems to think that commercial fertil-
izers are in some way responsible for
abortion in dairy herds, and wise ag-
ricultural editor, who disbelieves in
| veterinary science, quotes this pre-
| cious opinion as part of the gospel
of animal hygiene.
A correspondent of the Agriculturists,
! declares that the kalmia, the beautiful
broad-leaved evergreen shrub, or small
tree known as the laurel Or calico bush.
can be transplanted safely from the
the woods if at the time it is cut back
SO as to remove every leaf and leave
nothing but the naked stem.
Plant a row or two of snap beans
and some early beets in the vacant
spaces of your garden. Frost will not
be here in weeks yet-indeed it is
hard to conceive of the possibility of
freezing in such weather as this. Beet
seed planted month later will make
excellent greens better than spinach.
A correspondent who has tried Mr..
Carman's prescription of pyrethrum
for rose bugs did not find it success
full. It was ''fresh.'' too, and he paid
81 per pound for it. He adds that it
would need to be applied every day or
so at all events and the expense and
labor of treating 10000 grape vines
in this way would make it impractic-
able as remedy.
A correspondent of the Rural New
Yorker states that the farmers of Morris
County, N. j., disguised with the low
price of dairy products, have begun to
sell timothy hay as a money crop. To
keep up the soils fertility sheep ara
bought in the Fall, fed on grain, oil
meal and rough fodder, and the manure
is spread on the meadows and root
uo1uSs NAoIo pIOAe - Icsa1IAtu IO1h
the mutton and hay than from milk
and butter.
Sir John Bennett Lawes notes in Eng
land, las observers here have noted, that
there is less demand for very fat pork
and bacon. Sir John adds, however.
that this is not because people have
diminished desire and need for fats in
their food, but because the average man
is better off and prefers to take his fat
in more costly aud palatable form.
Formerly the potatoes were fried in the
pan with the fat chop. now mutton suet
is not good enough and the potatoes are
cooked in butter. j.
/ At the meeting of the Forestry Con.
gress in Springfield in September the fol-
owing are among the principal topics
suggested far discussion: q. Necessity Of
a change of policy on the part of the
general Government in regard to its
timber domain. b. Effects and resultsoi
forest legislation in the different states.
G. Suggestions in regard to desirable